Sarah Tan Shu Ling

MA Creative Writing

2022 — 2023

Sarah is inspired by water bodies and one particular period in Australia she wishes she could freeze in time. Her work has appeared in Atelier of Healing, Anima Methodi, Asingbol, and SingPoWriMo 2017 anthologies, as well as on Mynah. Her work was also showcased at ARTas's inaugural year. In addition, she presented at Singapore Writers Festival 2022 and has performed at local events such as Spoke & Bird, Singapore Poetry Slam and Past Continuous. Between reading and writing, she teaches too. In her free time, she likes to take slow, quiet walks.

sarahtanshuling@gmail.com

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Thesis work

Little Bean and Other Stories is a short story collection exploring grief and the female body. The stories aim to help others reconcile with their grief, creating a sense of equilibrium. With a spotlight cast on female relationships and the body, this collection seeks to further reconstruct cultural meanings of being a woman.

Published work and readings

Published works

Tan, Sarah (2021). Brine. Atelier of Healing, edited by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Eric Tinsay Valles, Squircle Line Press.
Tan, Sarah (2021). Let Nature Take Its Course, Atelier of Healing, edited by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Eric Tinsay Valles, Squircle Line Press.
Tan, Sarah (2018). mindy tried. ANIMA METHODI: The Poetics of Mirroring, edited by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Eric Tinsay Valles, Squircle Line Press.
Tan, Sarah (2018). clockwork. ANIMA METHODI: The Poetics of Mirroring, edited by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Eric Tinsay Valles, Squircle Line Press.
Tan, Sarah (2017). fine hours. SingPoWriMo 2017: The Anthology, edited by Stephanie Chan, Ruth Tang and Daryl Qilin Yam. 3rd ed., Math Paper Press.
Tan,Sarah (2017). notesonkillingyourhusband. ASINGBOL: An Archaeology of the Singaporean Poetic Form, edited by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Glass Lyre Press & Squircle Line Press.
Tan, Sarah (2017). Writer and Producer for to my matilda. Retrieved from MYNAH: https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/creativewriting/project/to-my-matilda-by-sarah-tan/

Conferences and events

2022. Singapore Poetry Slam at Blu Jaz Café.
2019. Spoke & Bird #22: Ng Yi Sheng at The Merry Lion.
2018. Past Continuous: A Poetry Reading by NTU Students at The Substation